完成下列小短文。写出画线部分的汉语意思。

     Having smelt thefragrant flowers, he walked into the kitchen, where he tasted aspoonful of soup. The soup was too hot, so he had to give it up. When he was walking in thealley, he saw an old man, who was holding amop and arectangular box. The old man looked so tired, so he came up to him to help.